2010 Allergan Horizon Cornea Research Award
2008 Emerging Inventor of the Year (UW Medicine, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, Washington Research Foundation, WBBA and Seattle biotechnology Venture) Washington, Seattle, WA
2005 Attending of the Year Award, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1994-95 NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA